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WILLIAM JAMES FLOOD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1948 – March 11, 1971
Service recordWilliam James Flood JR, of Randolph, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 38
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Randolph, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 38
- DAVID EVERETT EASTONSpecialist Five · March 11, 1971
- DONALD RALPH HAMRICKSpecialist Four · March 11, 1971
- PHILIP BRUCE HOLTZCLAWCorporal · March 11, 1971
- JOHN THOMAS LOCKHARTSpecialist Five · March 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY MARTIN COHENPrivate · Panel 4W, Line 37
- DONALD RALPH HAMRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 38
From Randolph
- EDWARD JOHN SCAHILLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL CARTWRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- AMBROSE P TANASSO JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL MARSDENCorporal · January 20, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD TIGHESpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.